Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-26
Points of Comparison to be Remembered.

| Points of Comparison to be Remembered
Let it not be forgotten that when the RI
publicans had chance to vote for the sbol
tion Of the internal revenue 107 vote
against it and 8 for it, thus show ing th
utter shallowness of this party in claimin,
to favor the doing away with this oppressiv
war tax.
When the people of Virginia are asked t
vote the Republican ticket can the people o
this State forget the horrors of Reconstruc
tion so-called when legislatures in the Soutl
were, under the direction Of Republican
politicians, organized by corporal of th'
guard and carpet-baggers forced upon u
by the federal arms and all manner ofindig
mites inflicted upon our people.
| Malone opposed the bill for the removal
of the disabilities of Confederate soldiers
which would have allowed them to obtain
| positions in the United States Army and
Navy, thereby endorsing the idea that Con.
federate soldiers are unworthy to be trust
ed to bear arms in behalf of the United
States lest they would prove traitors.
As shown by Senator Riddleberger and
Congressman O'Ferrall, Malone opposed
the Blair educational bill and all of his
pretenses are hollow moekery. He failed
to vote against the amendment that no
money appropriated by the bill shall be paid
to, any state until three-fourths of the states
have accepted the provisions of this act
thereby delaying indefinitely the benefits of
the law if passed, if indeed It did not amount
to killing the bill.
Malone and hts allies attempted to fasten
upon US the Dependent Pension bill, by
which millions and millions of the money
of the treasury should be paid out as bribe
for Republican votes.
He instituted and attempted to sustain a
prosecution in the United States Senate
against his State in which he sought to
show by bribed witnesses and by suppress
sion of facts before a set of malignant Re-
pubiicsns sitting as judges that the people
of Virginia were assassins and ballot-box
suffers.
He and his party voted to perpetuate land
grants to railroads by which these railroad
monopolies without compensation should
retain millions of acres of the peoples land,
also to continue to exempt the Northern
Pacific railroad from taxation.
They voted to permit members of Con-
gress to act as attorneys and employees of
railroads in cases in which the United States
may be interested.
Do not forget the Kendall Bank Note
Co. scandal and the many other corrupt acts
and scandals of the Malone gang, the COM
missioner of sales bill, the prostitution of
our schools, colleges, universities and asy-
lums to political purposes and the many me-
farious schemes which the Malone dynasty
was prevented from carrying out.
Farmers should not forget that Malone
opposed the Inter. States commerce bill and
favored the principle that the farmers of our
State should pay the freights for the west
ern farmers whose cheap production from
virgin soil has destroyed our markets for
grain and driven our farmers to the verge
of ruin.
The Democratic House passed bill pro-
viding an agricultural bureau with Cab.
met IL n,staf il the interest IF lie t6ru.eI-
This was voted d0ad Oy Republican Soa-
ate.
The Pleuro- Pneumonia bill, making a
liberal appropriation TO aid the States i'll
stamping out this terrible disease, SO de
struetive to the farmers interest, met with
the same fate at the hands of Mahone and
his party.
Every act of tine Republican party has
been towards the oppression of the agricul-
tural class.
THE CONTRAST.
Such are some of the actions of Malone
and his party. We turn now to consider, in
contrast to these, some things Democracy
has done for us which should be remem-
bered.
The Democrats reduced taxes on tobacco
from 16 to cents on the pound.
It has restored more than 100000, 900
acres of unearned land grants to the public
domain-for the benefit of poor settlers.
1t has paid $500, 600, 900 of the public
debt and at the same time paid more money
for the pensions than was ever paid before
in the same time.
The expenses of the government have
been reduced about $15, 100000.
Hordes of lazy, incompetent and useless
officials have been dispensed with.
1t has broken up Indian rings, land rings,
and tradeship rings that flourished till the
Democratic party came into power.
Il has established business methods and
strict economy for jobbery and wasteful
extravaganza.
1t has given the lie to the charge that the
Democracy, if entrusted with power, would
put the negroes back into slavery and PEN
sion the Confederate soldiers.
the rapacity of corporations than the Re-
publicans did in quarter Of a century.
The Democratic party repealed the odious
and unjust tenure of office act.
A Democratic Congress passed an act for
bidding the ownership of land by aliens.
A Democratic Congress instituted
searching inquiry into the affairs and man
agement of the Pacific railroads, an investi
CATION which has already accomplished
much good,
The Democrats reduced the fees on pos
tai money orders and extended the bepefits
of the free delivery system.
A Democratic Congress ordered the ad-
justment Of railroad land g ants.
A Democratic Congress passed the act
authorizing the issue of small silver certi-
ficates-a matter of great advantage to the
people.
A Democratic Congress passed the act
settling the succession to the Presidency,
and also the act regulating the counting of
the electoral vote. There could be no more
important acts.
A Democratic Congress passed an act for
bidding the use of convict labor upon gov
eminent works. A just and wise act.
The Democratic party has shown the
South can be trusted. 1t has broken up
political assessments by which So, 00O, 900 of
clerks salaries we're yearly taken for cam
paign purposes. 1t has restored an honest
admin,stration of government and unearth-
ed $13, 900, 600 of Republican defalcations.
People of Virginia with which party will
you vote? Can you hesitate ?-Chdrtottes-
riiie Jefersonion.
A Worn TO THE FARMEVs. u der the
iseve n adtag. tha HuutiagHon 4d,-rt,ser
publishes u ieugtey rdisorial from which
we extract the concluding portion as fol-
lows
''There is one plain fact standing out
copspicuously even to the most unObservant
eye. The farmer furnishes the raw mate
rial from which other men make fortunes.
while he plods along In comparative power
ty, and wonders why it is SO. They must
counsel together, aid must work together.
They mnst assert their own rights and de-
fend their own interests. They can COM